Brad Waldow had 26 points and 11 rebounds, but Saint Mary’s squandered a 15-point halftime lead and lost 53-47 to No. 20 St. John’s on Friday night in New York.

The Gaels (6-3) led 33-18 at the break, but the Red Storm (9-1) opened the second half with a 27-8 run to take the lead.

It was the second loss in a row and third in four games for Saint Mary’s, which was hurt by 17 turnovers to only eight for St. John’s.

Waldow was the only player to score in double figures for the Gaels, who shot 35.3 percent from the floor.

D’Angelo Harrison led St. John’s with 21 points.

Saint Mary’s had a chance late when Waldow drove to the lane with 20 seconds left and St. John’s leading 50-47. But Waldow was double-teamed, forced to take a bad shot and missed. Phil Greene IV secured the rebound and was fouled. He made two free throws to seal it with 11 seconds left.

Arizona 60, UTEP 55: Freshman Stanley Johnson scored 17 points to help the No. 3 Wildcats survive a scare in their first true road game of the season, in El Paso, Texas.

The Miners (6-4) led 40-38 lead with 12:41 to go on an inside bucket by Vince Hunter, but Arizona (12-0) held UTEP without a basket for more than 5 minutes while it pushed its lead to 48-41 with a 10-1 run.

Eastern Kentucky 72, Miami 44: The No. 18 Hurricanes felt apart in the second half and got routed by the Colonels (6-4) in Coral Gables, Florida.

Miami (9-2) hadn’t played since beating Savannah State 70-39 on Dec. 8. It was the most-lopsided loss for the Hurricanes since they were beaten 105-64 at North Carolina on Jan. 31, 2007. This was their most one-sided home loss since Virginia beat them 82-54 on March 1, 1997.

Women

Virginia 62, Saint Mary’s 49: The Cavaliers (8-2) scored the first 13 points of the second half en route to victory over the cold-shooting Gaels (7-3) in Charlottesville.

SMC, which was 16 for 46 from the field (34.8 percent), was led by Hayley Hendricksen and Lauren Nicholson with 16 points apiece. Carli Rosenthal added eight points and seven rebounds but fouled out with seven minutes remaining. The Gaels’ Stella Beck scored six points with a game-high 12 rebounds.

Faith Randolph led Virginia with 20 points.

UConn 98, DePaul 64: Breanna Stewart scored 25 points, and the No. 2 Huskies returned from a 13-day break to rout the No. 25 Blue Demons in Bridgeport, Connecticut. UConn (7-1) held the 7-4 Blue Demons 27 points under their season average.

Baylor 74, Syracuse 72: Nina Davis had 26 points and 17 rebounds, and Niya Johnson hit the go-ahead basket with a minute left in the No. 9 Bears’ victory over the No. 19 Orange (8-2) in the Florida Sunshine Classic. Baylor (9-1) won its eighth straight.

Diamond Henderson hit five 3-pointers and scored 27 points to lead Syracuse.